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Widen Your Options

Generate more options to escape narrow framing. Counter the tendency to see decisions as "whether or not" instead of "which of many."

Instructions

Take the current decision framing and expand it to include more options. Use specific techniques to discover overlooked alternatives.

Output Format

**Current Decision**: [How it's currently framed]

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Narrow Framing Check

**Is this a "whether or not" decision?** [Yes/No] — If yes, that's a sign of narrow framing.

**The two obvious options:** 1. [Option that seems obvious] 2. [The other obvious option]

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Option Expansion Techniques

Vanishing Options Test

"If both current options disappeared, what would you do?"

• [New option 1]
• [New option 2]

Opportunity Cost

"What else could you do with the same time, money, or effort?"

• [Alternative use 1]
• [Alternative use 2]

Find Someone Who Solved It

"Who has faced this problem before? What did they do?"

| Person/Company | Their Solution | Applicable? | |----------------|---------------|-------------| | [who] | [what they did] | [yes/no/partial] |

Multi-Tracking

"Can we do multiple options simultaneously instead of choosing one?"

• [Combined approach 1]
• [Combined approach 2]

AND vs OR

"Instead of A OR B, is there a way to get A AND B?"

[Possibility for having both]

The "Opposite" Option

"What if we did the exact opposite of what we're considering?"

[Opposite approach and what we can learn from it]

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Expanded Option Set

| # | Option | Type | Notes | |---|--------|------|-------| | 1 | [option] | Original | [note] | | 2 | [option] | Original | [note] | | 3 | [option] | Vanishing | [note] | | 4 | [option] | Multi-track | [note] | | 5 | [option] | Copied | [note] | | 6 | [option] | AND/OR | [note] |

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Reframed Decision

**Old frame**: "Should we do X or Y?"

**New frame**: "Given we want [outcome], which of these [N] paths best achieves it?"

Guidelines

• "Whether or not" is almost always too narrow
• Great decisions come from great options
• You can't choose a better option if you haven't imagined it
• Look for the option you're afraid to consider

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